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Hong Kong: Real GDP growth stronger than expected in Q2

Bottom line: The preliminary reading of 2024 Q2 Hong Kong GDP growth came in at+3.3% yoy, significantly above consensus expectations. In quarter-over-quarter

Five ways to assess the stability of a bank

Past financial crises have highlighted the need for investorsand clients to understand a bank’s business model that goes

Despite Some Near Term Noise, the Long Term Signal for Azure & AI Is Clear

As a reminder, our FQ4 (Jun) Microsoft partner survey work (link here) softened across most metrics, which we interpreted to mean that this quarter would have less

Samsung, Dc Capex, AMD, ANET, DV, FRSH, FVRR, INFA, MBLY, MSFT, PEGA, PINS, QRVO,sWKS

Reuters today reportes that the US government's planned trade restrictions on semiconductor manufacturingequipment will exclude Japan, the Netherlands & South Korea, focusing instead on cxports from lsracl, TaiwanSingapore and Malaysia.

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT): First Take on F4Q24 results

We reiterate our Buy rating and $515 PT despite MSFT indicated down 6% afterhours. MSFT reported soft beat magnitudes across revenue (($64.72bn vs

Significant CapEx ramp supported by strong early demand signals – F4Q24 Results

We reiterate our Buy rating and $515 PT following Microsoft’sF4Q24 results. The stock reversed some of its negative after-hours

FOMC – Heavy thumb on September scale

EventThere was very little expectation of a monetary policy move, and today’s FOMC justified this expectation. As the press conference went on, Fed Chair Powell gave

US Macro Strategy: July FOMC Preview Rate cuts priced-in, now what?

Evolving rate cut expectations: At the start of the year, there were a slew of cuts expected. However, a combination of higher Q1 inflation and hawkish Fedspeak pushed pricing to less than 2 cuts for all of

USD and the Fed: how soon is now?

Asia overnightDespite a weak lead from US technology stocks, investor sentiment remained firm in Asia. China’s soft PMI data is encouraging investors to think more help for the